Rousseau, Robespierre and English Romanticism.

By: Dart, GregoryContributor(s): Butler, Marilyn | Chandler, JamesMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Studies in RomanticismPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999Copyright date: ©1999Description: 1 online resource (304 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780511149382Subject(s): English literature--19th century--History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rousseau, Robespierre and English RomanticismDDC classification: 820.709 LOC classification: PR129.F8 D37 1999Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I -- II -- CHAPTER 1 Despotism of liberty: Robespierre and the illusion of politics -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- CHAPTER 2 The politics of confession in Rousseau and Robespierre -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- CHAPTER 3 Chivalry, justice and the law in William Godwin's Caleb Williams -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- CHAPTER 4 'The Prometheus of Sentiment': Rousseau, Wollstonecraft and aesthetic education -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- CHAPTER 5 Strangling the infant Hercules: Malthus and the population controversy -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- CHAPTER 6 'The virtue of one paramount mind': Wordsworth and the politics of the Mountain -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- CHAPTER 7 'Sour Jacobinism': William Hazlitt and the resistance to reform -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 DESPOTISM OF LIBERTY: ROBESPIERRE AND THE ILLUSION OF POLITICS -- 2 THE POLITICS OF CONFESSION IN ROUSSEAU AND ROBESPIERRE -- 3 CHIVALRY, JUSTICE AND THE LAW IN WILLIAM GODWIN'S CALEB WILLIAMS -- 4 'THE PROMETHEUS OF SENTIMENT': ROUSSEAU, WOLLSTONECRAFT AND AESTHETIC EDUCATION -- 5 STRANGLING THE INFANT HERCULES: MALTHUS AND THE POPULATION CONTROVERSY -- 6 'THE VIRTUE OF ONE PARAMOUNT MIND': WORDSWORTH AND THE POLITICS OF THE MOUNTAIN -- 7 'SOUR JACOBINISM': WILLIAM HAZLITT AND THE RESISTANCE TO REFORM -- Bibliography -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- Index.
Summary: Re-examines Rousseau's influence on French Revolution and English Romanticism, through the mediating figure of Robespierre.
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Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I -- II -- CHAPTER 1 Despotism of liberty: Robespierre and the illusion of politics -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- CHAPTER 2 The politics of confession in Rousseau and Robespierre -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- CHAPTER 3 Chivalry, justice and the law in William Godwin's Caleb Williams -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- CHAPTER 4 'The Prometheus of Sentiment': Rousseau, Wollstonecraft and aesthetic education -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- VII -- CHAPTER 5 Strangling the infant Hercules: Malthus and the population controversy -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- CHAPTER 6 'The virtue of one paramount mind': Wordsworth and the politics of the Mountain -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- CHAPTER 7 'Sour Jacobinism': William Hazlitt and the resistance to reform -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- VI -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 DESPOTISM OF LIBERTY: ROBESPIERRE AND THE ILLUSION OF POLITICS -- 2 THE POLITICS OF CONFESSION IN ROUSSEAU AND ROBESPIERRE -- 3 CHIVALRY, JUSTICE AND THE LAW IN WILLIAM GODWIN'S CALEB WILLIAMS -- 4 'THE PROMETHEUS OF SENTIMENT': ROUSSEAU, WOLLSTONECRAFT AND AESTHETIC EDUCATION -- 5 STRANGLING THE INFANT HERCULES: MALTHUS AND THE POPULATION CONTROVERSY -- 6 'THE VIRTUE OF ONE PARAMOUNT MIND': WORDSWORTH AND THE POLITICS OF THE MOUNTAIN -- 7 'SOUR JACOBINISM': WILLIAM HAZLITT AND THE RESISTANCE TO REFORM -- Bibliography -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- Index.

Re-examines Rousseau's influence on French Revolution and English Romanticism, through the mediating figure of Robespierre.

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